The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-13
FARMING AND HORTICULTURE.

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stablcs for the stock, each Of which is
entitled to some special description.
FARMING AND IoRTICULTURE.
The College owns | ,7G2 acres of land,
which is divided into cultivated folds,
pastures, orchards and vegetable gar
denS, and ornamental grounds. There
ate, of the ], 1852 acres, ahont COO under
actual cultivation III diilcrcnS crops.
These 500 acres arc divided into tho
t0rn department and tho horticultural
dcportmCut. The former Includes the
cultivation Of the usual plantatioA crops,
such rs com, cotton, peas, etc. The hit
ter includes all the common vegetables
and fruits.
In the farm department tho student is
inmlllari2cd with the planting, raising
and harvesting Of the large commercial
crops, tho actual care Of tho cattle on
the farm, tho construction and us0 of
barns, stables, pens, and with the prac-
JcaI use OF all the In proved agricultural
machinery now III tho Southern States.
In the farm work is included a special
course i'll dairy husbandry, covering tho
theory OF breeding stock, feeding for
milk, and OF making and shipping milk.
cream and butter. This is all reduced
ry, Tor the purposes of which there arc
maintained on the farm 200 head of cat
tie, pure bred, grade and native. There
is also much attention paid to cnsilagc,
the raising and curing Of hay, clover.
etc, all of which, it should be borne in
mind, is done by "thc boys" themselves.
In the horticultural department there
are gardens in which okrn, tomatoes,
cabbagcS, beans, Irish potatoes and
fruits of all kinds arc raised.
COURSE or STUDY.
The course of study prescribed for the
students IS made up OF CD biology, the
most important branches Of which arc
fertilization and tho relation Of insects
and plants; t2) agriculture, including the
principles of stock-hrccdinG and feeding,
drainage, cultivation, curing and mar
kcting OF crops, Improvement of soil and
manurinG; (3) horticulture, fruit and
vegetable culture, botany, silk culturc,
etc; tl) chemistry, rs applied TO the
analysis Of soils, plants, foods, water,
etc; C3) English, course OF reading in
prose and poetry, logic and mcutal
science, with written essays monthly;
90 mathematics, ali the elementary
branches, up to analytical geometry,
."lCuIuS Nhu civil engineering.
THE MILITARY BRANCH.
There is also the military organization
OF the College, with General Lee at the
head OF the military department. and
Second Lieutenant III. G. Davis, United
States Army, rs commandant of stu
des IS. The students are all uniformed
III ccdCt gray and are divided into five
companies. Practically, the discipline
OF tho College Is military, and the rules
and regulations in this respect are of the
usual military institute order. All the
classes are taught company and battal-
ion drills, dress parade, guard duty, etc.
The senior and junior classes arc taught
target practice and service OF the field
piece; III the Junior year Uptou's tactics
are taught, aud IL the Scuior and junior
year there are lectures given ON the
science and art OF war.
The military equipment oi the cnlo !,
consists of two 3.inch field pieces, 25O
rifles, cartridges, etc, ull OF which is
furnished by the United States Govern.
mcnt, with the exception Of 100 rifles
furnished by the State.
LIFE or THE STUDENTS.
The foregoing sketch of the work
done at the institution gives only dry
life OF the student. This life is, how.
ever, one of great variety and activity
The government Of the institution is all
og a republic within republic, and is
divided sharply between the military
and agricultural features. In fact these
features are quite distinct, and in nowisc
conflict with each other, the discipline
OF the one securing discipline in the
other.
When the college boy horo goes ont
into the field he dols his military tr0n.
pings and puts on his old clothes, old
shoes, old hat, etc, Just as his father
does on tho homestead iarm in any
county in Mississippi. In other words
he goes out TO work and lie does not go
i'll holiday attire.
In the morning, in the class room or
on dress parade, he is as gorgeous ~ you
might desire. He has fine uniform
with plenty Of brass buttons, all OF which
he wears with the self f.complacency of
having paid for them 10y honest labor
through long and dusty in summer or
wet and drcary days in winter.
In tho afternoon you may meet him at
some place, any place, on the farm and
you will not know him. He wears a
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a very honest old face. Maybe he is
wedding turnips or digging potatoes, or
you will meet him out on some of the
green pastures driving the COWS, or if
you peep into the COW stables you sec
him playing the milk maid. You will
meet him ut any given point over all the
broad acres OF the farm, and in ninety
nine cases out of hundred hn is doing
something that will help him 10 pay his
| expenses at the College. And this he
does in fashion that deserves n special
chapter.
AT night, after an afternoons work, he
goes home to study and in the morning
he appears again military chrysalis as
gaudy and as happy as on the day before.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION.
Just now the College is about to close
for the present year. The commence
ment exercises for 1887 were opened yes
terday ut ii n. M, at which time DIR.
w. Nj. Greer, of Erskine College, South
Carolina, preached sermon and again
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